This was a great lecture. Fr. Mike is a rare priest that touches topics that are difficult but necessary. Pray for him. Pray for ALL priests. Satan hates them. ~ although that is a badge of honor in God's Army, they need our prayers. No priest, no Eucharist..Jesus help us to carry our cross. +
truth If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
i dont mean to be offtopic but does anybody know of a trick to get back into an Instagram account?? I stupidly lost my password. I love any tricks you can offer me.
@Shane Connor Thanks for your reply. I found the site through google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff atm. I see it takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
truth If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
Jacob Hall it would be a lonely world if we didn’t love the sinner since there are so many of us. I can’t speak to the specific situation you refer to, but in general Catholic school teachers should adhere to Catholic moral teaching. If a teacher is presenting birth control as a viable option that teacher should no longer teach in Catholic School.
@@jacobhall1488 I've stopped, personally but I do fail miserably sometimes but that human its not about the perfect but about how to change. And constantly be trying to fix it
Jay Broughton Be real. That is not the topic of his talk so you can’t expect him to address that. And if you are a Christian, let me remind you of what Jesus said “Thou shalt not judge, for thou shalt be judged. By the measure that you use it will be used back to you.”
Leviticus 19:19 ESV / 105 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful “You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind. You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor shall you wear a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material
Two kinds of material is Unholy according to those biblical words...the socks you are wearing and most of the clothes you wear are a polyester cotton blend!
So many are afraid of loneliness. We come into this world alone and we will leave it alone. Only God can fulfill us. People as we are, will always let down.
We are never lonely. Because God is everywhere. He is always ready to hear us. We need to know the importance of knowing, loving, and serving God. Only this will make us truly happy.
@Jay Broughton Sorry there is only one God in three divine persons the Father (creator, Yahweh), the Son (Jesus who died for our sins), and the Holy Spirit (the power to conquer the impossible). Therefore, we that believe in Him are never alone. 🙏✌❤😇 being lonely is a choice we can make changes with the help of God. Pray the rosary.
Really tough stuff to hear and process, but also extremely honest. Addresses fear and hurt surrounding this topic in a way that we don't hear too often. Thanks for Fr. Mike.
Father Mike, alongside my spiritual father in Rome (Italy) was determining in my choice to repent, convert to Catholicism and abandon SSA sins. You may have many temptations in your life, but you can resist them.
@The Stock Trader my dear brother, your prayers are precious to me. Converting is a bumpy road, but only the narrow gate shall lead to Our Sweet Jesus and His Blessed Mother. Every moment of temptation, I offer it on the altar. We mustn’t pray for a lighter cross, but for stronger shoulders. The Lord Almighty will give us the strength.
Yes but is being gay really that bad? I agree that most if not all sins are damaging to your health (physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually). But the only real argument against gay people getting together is that it’s damaging to society. I don’t think it is necessarily.
Father Mike is a very special Priest. The first video I ever saw of his was "The Hour That Will Change Your Life". If you havent seen that; I highly recommend it. I teach Catechism classes for high school boys to receive confirmation and Father Mike is the "go to" person as far as TH-cam videos. He relates so well to young men. He has that child-like excitement and wisdom beyond his years. I am making a mental list of priests around the US, which I would love to attend their mass and Father Mike is high on that list. I would love to take a vacation across the US, visiting these priest's masses and getting to talk with them.
The call to God and his glory is true, I know this because after years of lost faith and living in sin. I have felt the Holy Spirt touch me deeply. I have decided to convert, be celibate, and follow The Lord wherever I am called to be. I pray for forgiveness of my sins and that others who are struggling with these sins to hear the call of the Lord and seek his Holy Catholic Church. Fr. Mike Schmitz is an amazing man and I respect him deeply thank you for your videos and lectures Fr. Mike. ✝️
truth If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
@@dan69052 You do know that your message is just ignored by people following "the good book". However, knowing that topic, I applaud to your will to inform others. It just has no place when one reads that famed book, no matter how handsome a gay priest might be. In that realm, it's hypocrisy to the end. I wish Christians would read Senecca instead of all this.
i feel that before i met God in a personally level I lived scared of lonelyness. I was living in sin no marriage just union not even law but I had my prior mariage anuled so during the process of taking the step to remarry I had to take a big decicion if abstenance but it made it deficult for my partner to a point he was threaghtening to leave but with God in my life it made me no be scare of loosing him... I was more afraid of loosing God's Love I realised I am in love with Jesus so in my heart i had made a choise if ge leaves i will no longer seak for no nan and just stay single. I feel Jesus fills me comepletely.
@@catherinekelly532 did you listen to Fr. Mike? We're all in this together..some people can spell well, others can't. What's important is Alice's story....
Alice you confirmed much of what I fear. Thank you for making it clear and acknowledging that our love for God and His love for us is so much greater than the fear of losing a person for not understanding us and respecting our convictions.
@UnWaifu No! Its not! Read John 6:66: “From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him”. “Seeking” and “following” are two different things.
facts not fiction If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
@@jacobhall1488 In his book about why being gay is wrong and gay people don't deserve romantic relationships, he has the audacity to mention all the females he dated in his youth! Tone deaf.
@@Carmen24860 He's writing a book about why gay people don't deserve to pursue romantic relationships while mentioning his own romantic relationships. Reeks of hypocrisy and discrimination.
@@kyle_hartman You write a lot of words just to say you're attracted to males and addicted to pornography. Nobody cares about your self-indulgent rationalizations.
We don't need to be afraid of loneliness! God fills that void in our hearts. As humans we seek superficial things to find peace only to leave us empty and alone. I've discovered going to the Word and asking the Holy Spirit to show me His Love. We all have feelings and unnatural desires. It's out of our Love and devotion for our Creator that we sustain from acting on sin. God knows each and every heart! He knows. Turn to Him. ❤
Heterosexuals have the opportunity to pursue sexually and emotionally fulfilling relationships. Denying this opportunity to gay people is unjust discrimination, something the Catechism explicitly forbids
facts not fiction If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
The Church does not create an us-versus-them situation. That'd be a strawman argument. Those who do not repent of sin are already separated from the Church by God Himself, Jn 15:2. Haven said that, Fr. Mike has made a very wonderful presentation in this talk. We must never give up the struggle for holiness. God bless you Fr. Mike! May He keep the fire burning in you 👍
Relating a priest’s life of celibacy to same-sex attraction is weird to me. Being a priest is a choice. Being gay or bi isn’t. I can’t help that I like women, and it’s unfair that my relationships could never be seen as a positive, fruitful, beneficial, or life-giving thing simply because of the gender of the person I date or may choose to marry. It’s kinda ridiculous to enforce this idea that all gay people have to be celibate and can’t be in romantic relationships like a priest. That’s like saying “oh, you’re white? Then you have to choose to be celibate because we think God said that white people can’t get married.” (It’s a hypothetical example, don’t bother getting pressed about there not being a specific Bible verse that I cite on it). Point is, it’s a totally arbitrary standard and it makes no sense. You can’t help the way you’re born, and it’s unfair to push this agenda onto people that we’re somehow “wrong” for wanting to be in a spiritual, binding union with the people we love. Also, there’s a Bible verse about “Gentile or Jew, servant or free, woman or man no more,” which, to me, implies things that aren’t relevant to the character of a person. Gender/sex is included in that list. If gender/sex is seen as irrelevant to our character, then why does it matter so much in marriage?
Thank you for sharing this beautiful thought. I'm Catholic and I will always be. I hope that like me, most Catholics don't think that same gender Love is a sin, or divorse women are to not seek conjugal love anymore (they are just the loud minority, I hope). God is love and we ALL who love Him are His church. The clergy does not own the church. Please keep on seeking God's love.
What you’re saying is partly true, but it doesn’t mean we have to act on those desires. You’re just as much a part of God’s family as everyone else is. However, we do not have the authority to contradict how God designed marriage. Marriage is not a guarantee that you’ll be happy. If you’re gay, God has likely destined you for a purpose that is greater than marriage.
Those traits likely won't exist at all in Heaven, and for sure the Bible says there is no marriage in Heaven, but they still exist here and the Bible does address people who are not living correctly according to their traits and station in life and tells them how they should live. Old women: stop gossiping. Men: be faithful to the wife of your youth. Women: don't get up in front of the whole congregation and teach. Slaves: obey your masters. Masters: be kind to your slaves, and set them free if they want or keep them if they want. Rich people: don't segregate yourselves and do eat with everyone including the poor. Church: don't show favoritism and give special seats to rich people. People are addressed by their traits. What if the verse is about treating everyone with equal kindness, equal fellowship, equal rights to the full life of a Christian in fellowship with others? What if people are supposed to have different roles, and act certain ways according to their roles that honor God and show love? Who ever said that verse is about traits that used to apply to character and now don't? I always thought they were a list of traits that people used as excuses for power and exclusion from the "in group". In today's terms, traits that had been used for discrimination. There was a time Peter had a vision in which God had to teach him directly to stop excluding Gentiles from being able to enter the family of God. I think God would tell certain Christians now to stop excluding people based on who they're attracted to. But that doesn't mean we pretend like a man isn't a man and a woman isn't a woman, or that if for example two women love each other in faith then it's ok to also love each other as wives or to have sex. They are still women, and they are not supposed to be excluded from church meetings or treated as subhuman or ignored because of their gender, but they are supposed to still only marry men. People of faith in the Bible in the Old and New Testaments were told to not take part in homosexual acts. Not to take part in sexual immorality. Why would it say those things if gender/sex doesn't matter anymore in any way at all?
If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
@@redeye6560 We are supposed to judge the fruit (which I take to mean attitudes, actions, words, things we can see that came from them) of the believers in the church, but only the believers. We are NOT supposed to judge outsiders. That's God's job. Outsiders have no faith, no commitment to Christ and so it doesn't make sense to expect them to do anything He says or even to have any relationship to Him, and some have no understanding of spirituality either because they can't see any point of view but their own. I remember before I was a disciple of Christ and I only saw the world through my own understanding. It wouldn't have made any sense to me for people to say my morals or life were wrong if I felt I was right, because they're not me and I accepted nobody's authority. I actually was big on following rules, but only the ones that made me feel safe or that got me success in a worldly way, basically the rules that I liked. I didn't think I had any master. Now I know I was a slave to the desires of my body, but I had to learn that through the experience of the world not being able to make me happy. Then I was open to change. Then when I met Christ through His church and experienced love, care, discipline, truth -- then I was ready to start listening to a new way of thinking, and believe.
@Jay Broughton There is undeniable proof by historians that Jesus was a real human person. Whether you believe his teachings or not is separate to the objective fact of his existence. He lived.
@Jay Broughton as said there is proof Jesus existed and the religion started from him. There are testimonies all around the world. God is real (and not a child raper), we need to seek him ! Have a great day !
@@user00578___ How can Jesus be a child rapist, if he never existed in the first place. To be a rapist, you have to be a human being. You cannot accuse someone of a crime if they do not exist. You have flawed logic.
As well meaning as this is - it is nothing but clerical condescension arrayed in pious words. I am a devout Catholic and a gay woman. Despite my strong faith and fervent dedication to God, the Church will not listen to the experience of Christ in me - it has closed its ears to me and the entire LGBTQ community. It is in God's love for us that he not only gives us his Word, but also lends us his Ear. Just as love of God begins in listening to His Word, love of the neighbor begins in listening to them. When we can no longer listen to our neighbor then we will be no longer be listening to God either. Over and over we hear Jesus say, "I desire mercy not sacrifice." In Matthew 25 we hear the Parable of the Talents. Each of the servants received gold from their master, "Then he went away immediately." When the master returns, the first two servants have much more to give back to the master than was originally given because they had taken risks and invested it - the master was pleased. The third servant still only had the one gold coin he was originally given saying, "Master, I know you are a demanding person... so out of fear I went off and buried your gold in the ground." This displeased the master saying, "You wicked, lazy servant!" The Catholic Church has taken the many blessing given to us ALL through Jesus Christ and have buried them in the ground. In this act, they have also buried so many of their brothers and sisters; fighting instead only to preserve what it already has, as if that were an end in itself. How can it cling to its flock of “ninety-nine” yet preach that He leaves the ninety-nine to look for the lost one? If only you all could see how closely Jesus stands beside me, protecting me and asking me to forgive his Church that does not see. If only you could enter into my weeping and see that Jesus weeps with me. @Jocelyn Welch I am with you.
Bro had to break it to you that God made man and female, so breaking this is a sin and in Psalms 7:11 is says that God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. In John 14:15 is says: If ye love me, keep my commandments. So you got to keep the commandents and stop pleasing the flesh if you are going to love him. If you desire your sin then you are not loving him and therefore you cannot enter the kingdom. Proverbs 15:29 - The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 - 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. The church is not accepting you cause you are breaking the rules.
Same sex attraction is a heavy cross to bear indeed. But no one is spared (in this life) from bearing the cross. Some crosses are harder than others. It is hard to be Catholic and only by God's grace can we become faithful Catholics. You don't have to accept the Church's teaching. You don't have to be Catholic.
My dad graduated seminary and went to Rome for Cannon Law studies. He elected not to be a priest. Thank God because he married my sainted Mom. He spent most of his life afraid of those with same sex attraction. Toward the end of his life he called me just because but during that call for some unknown reason he told me that God accepts and loves those with same sex attraction as he does all of us. He went on to say sex outside marriage was forbidden and told me, his heterosexual daughter, that the rules were the same for me. Sex outside marriage cannot happen.
A relationship with an imaginary being. Wow. Not imaginary you say? You have never seen god, never heard a voice that identifies itself as god, never smells god, never physically felt god, and never tasted god. God by definition is in your imagination. Oh you might say, but I felt god’s presence. That isn’t god, it’s something in you brain that makes you feel good I live such a better life when I gave up belief in a god. I now lead my life in a way that benefits people around me, and allows me to make the most out of the short time we have here, instead of following rules in hopes of winning god’s favor in the afterlife.
@@otello204 I am 1,000 percent in agreement with your comments. I was brought up as a Roman Cathlic, but I had never experienced anything "God", None, Zippo! I now live my life without religion, and I am much happier. I don't believe that there are Heaven above, and Hell below. My time on this earth is the only time I have on this earth. When I die, I die. I will not be a spirit looking forward to the Judgment Day and be sent to Hell because there is no Jesus in me.
Really love this. I mean look at this priest. He’s attractive, a great speaker; eloquent, intelligent. You don’t think he struggles with temptations that are beyond yours. He forgoes marriage with a woman and commits to a life of abstinence. He understands the ideas of bearing your cross despite the temptations thrown at you. If all men and women would have an inkling of the mindset of sacrifice the world would be a better place
@Directruth LOL. Go read some Bart Ehrman for a non Christian source that tickles your fancy. There’s non biblical sources that attest to events and people in the NT. Paul never spoke contrary to Jesus. Im sure Paul had a fictional Roman beheading too? And Romans didn’t exist either, right? Seems like you’re the one living in a fiction.
@Directruth Wow have you never heard of literary tools to convey messages? You think you’re being deep but you’re not being deep at all. The truths in the bible exist today, in 2021 for a reason. Betray those fundamental truths and just see what kind of life you end up with. A living Hell so to speak. But hey, you’re the 21st century man, fully evolved, with all the wisdom and no sins to speak of and no ancestral wisdom to take heed of. Amen!
@@r.m5883sure, stories can convey messages and morals. But 'stories' are, by definition, fictitious. Back in biblical times, slavery was accepted as morally OK, and adulterers and homosexuals were routinely stoned to death. Haven't we moved beyond that by now?
I wrote in my journal the other day “Jesus, I am mad that the Catholic Church made your arms no longer feel like home.” The teachings on gay people in Catholicism have wounded me so badly. This is just conversion therapy under another name. You can say it love, I don’t feel it at all.
this will help If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
The Catholic Church does not have teachings about “gay people”. The church teaches about sin, repentance and mercy for all His children. I promise, if you continue to receive the Sacraments and dedicate yourself to knowing Jesus personally and following His teachings, you will find joy. I say this after reading so many beautiful stories of people who lived same-sex attractions for decades, encountered Christ and turned away from those attractions and are so happy and fulfilled.
@@anneschmidt6359 I agree with you, we should try to stand with those with homosexual attractions and try to pull them back to god, for satan has captured them and pulled them away from god
Just wonderful!! You are not defined by your wounds, or your weaknesses or your sins. You are defined by the depth of the Father's love for you and your capacity to be image of his Son Jesus Christ in this world (John Paul II)
No he doesnt just your brokenness and humbleness but not your sin. Psalms 7:11 “God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.”
How he said "You are not defined by your wounds..." I think is so clever that it actually caught me off guard. Wow. Thank you, God for teaching Fr. Mike to speak for You.
more knowledge If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
Thank u Fr Mike. God bls u exceedingly 4 making th True teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ & th Church so very clear. 4 us. Th subject of sexuality has been manipulated 2 suit not th Holy Will of God but th needs of th flesh. God bls u, keep u well & increase ua fruitfulness in His Holy Kingdom, thr Jesus Christ, amen.
Extraordinary, Fr. Mike. God's love shines so brightly through you. And you are helping God make the world a better place. Blessings and grace to you always, Fr. Mike.
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@James Nguyen fair point. I think I just disagree with the premise of a lot of what he’s saying. Or rather, I just disagree with the worldview of Catholicism. I was raised in the church, and I only ever experienced it negatively. I don’t personally have an issue being called gay, because it’s just a descriptor. I’m also a cook, and I wouldn’t be offended if someone called me a cook.
@James Nguyen right on. I like to think that everyone exists on a sexuality spectrum. Being bisexual places you in the middle. I’m not completely unattracted to women, I’m just more on the gay side.
@@Matt_Dalton My family identifies as catholic but nobody really goes to church anymore so we sparsely practice it. I identified as atheist in my teens and currently I identify as agnostic but I'm trying to give faith another shot, should I consider the catholic church or perhaps another denomination?
@@doukyuuseii99 I am biased against the Catholic Church, so I don’t feel like I can speak to that exactly. What I will say is that in my experience, you can choose to follow a faith or belief system without accepting everything that system teaches. For example, if you wanted to try Catholicism again, I’d recommend researching and seeing what you do like and what you don’t like, and then move forward with what works for you.
truth If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
Thank you for this. I am a huge fan of your work. I am an Episcopal woman who was thinking of conversion explicitly over transgender ideology. This makes clear that I SHOULD NOT do that as a woman who had a full hysterectomy in my 20s. I don’t believe it’s the will of God for me to be alone and celibate simply due to no hope of pregnancy.
i know ill be lonely until the day i die and dying alone is one of my greatest fears. All i have to go on is faith that theres something better. thats all i have left
Thank you so much for allowing us to hear this. Your presence and words are encouraging for many of us, specially during this hard times. Sending you positive and warm hugs. XOXO
I'm 60 years old and divorced for well over 20 years. It's too late for me now, I will be alone forever. The loneliness hurts so bad I pray every night to die in my sleep. I just want God to take me home. I have been absolutely alone for years and I just can't take it anymore. Please God let me die my sleep soon so I can come home to you, please God please
BLESSED WEDNESDAY BROTHER .GOD IS ALWAYS WITH YOU.WHEN YOU TRULY HAVE JESUS IN YOUR MIND HEART AND SOUL YOU ARE NEVER ALONE .JESUS PEACE AND LOVE IS ENOUGH.MY ADVICE TO YOU AS A CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN BROTHER SEEK FOR CONFESSION, ATTEND MASS EVERY DAY ,RECEIVE THE HOLY EUCHARIST EVERY DAY,VISIT THE BLESSED SACRAMENT SPEAK TO HIM.BROTHER ALSO TRY JOINING COMUNNITY/ GROUP OF PRAYER AND SERVE THE LORD .KEEP YOUR MIND BODY AND SOUL OCCUPIED FOR THE LORD I GUARANTEE YOU WILL NEVER FREL LONELY.I WILL BE PRAYONG FOR YOU BROTHER.MAY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AND OUR BLESSED MOTHER MARY BE WITH YOU ALWAYS AND STRENGHEN YOU.😇😇😇🙏🙏🙏
knowledge shall set you free If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
Father Mike, I truly wish there are more inspiring and spiritually informative as yourself. I find that missing in the Church right now because many priests aren't good shepherds.
facts not dogma If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
facts not fiction If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
Then why does the Church persecute even chaste lesbians and gays? Why did the US Council of Catholic Bishops try to cancel a suicide hotline because the bill specifically mentions gays and lesbians. If you want innocent people dead by their own hand, how can you not be called "hateful,"
Yes I'm like his sister 56 and never married. Never found the right guy. I am a woman just to clarify. HATE that I have to clarify. So I am celibate and likely will be for the rest of my life.
Bless you KMF we live in a culture that ridicules unmarried women of a certain age as if it was by their choice! It is noble to wait on the Lord. If He has a mate for us . . . Good. If He doesn't have a mate for us . . . Good. All that matters is that God's will be done. It took me a while to come to this conclusion. But I am joyful and grateful. Father Mike is giving a POWERFUL talk.. Praise be to God. If we belong to Jesus Christ then we are FULL & cared for . Our (American) society doesn't have sex put in perspective. It doesn't even understand the purpose of sex. Thank God for theology of the body. Catholic TRUTH. Sex belongs in marriage. Sex means being open to life. That is countercultural in America. But Christians aren't meant to follow the world !
KMF : I’ve been celibate since my divorce 34 years ago. More than once people have questioned my orientation, since I don’t date. My “ex” had our 20 year marriage annulled by our diocese. I feel betrayed by the Catholic Church. If I had realized that I was not married, I’d have taken our 2 children and left the man and his emotional abuse.
@Danijel Mornarić no I am not a religious sister. I never felt called to be a religious sister and so I never pursued that. Now I'm too old to pursue that.
@@gfitz6001 I can totally understand how you would feel betrayed by the church because of the annulment. I don't think that that is ever considered. It seems like annulments are given out like candy nowadays.
If the purpose of every sexual act is narrowly defined to be heterosexual unity and procreation, then standing on a chair to extend one's reach is a violation of a chair's natural purpose of supporting our butts. Sex is definitely a tool for procreation, but like any tool, it can have more than one "creative" use. There is more than one way to be constructive with most things. Just ask MacGyver. Or ask doctors who use medications for purposes other than what they were initially intended. To stand in the way of people finding happiness for the sake of happiness itself by living lives that are authentic to their true selves is to demonstrate a lack of empathy and a lack of true acceptance and promotes a world view that has caused enough pain that has driven some to suicide.
@@nayayam Actually really nice. Thank you for asking :)) I came out as pansexual to quiteeee a lot of people, and two of my sisters. But this video still helped me recognize i will not act upon my desires. So yeah, great :DD
facts will set you free If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
Exactly, and I don't like any use of object based metaphors for church teachings. Human sexuality is not like a chair or a table, it is complex and we are all different. I agree with some things he says, but I disagree with a lot as well.
@@kathyalex778 Human sexuality is quite simple. Man, woman. The sexual act is disordered when it acts outside the main end of the sexual act: procreation. It deals with the existence of human beings, so it is very important to obey the order of reason. Also, to base your identity on whoever it is your attracted to is brokenness. One’s identity is full and complete when the foundation is Christ
I’m in the process of becoming Catholic. I am also a gay man. This is really the one subject that has never made any sense to me. And not because it applies to me. The arguments against consensual, loving, committed same-sex relationships just don’t hold up. Jesus said that we shall know them by their fruits in regards to theological teaching. Studies have shown that denying your sexuality and participating in conversion therapy leads to increased depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. Those are obviously bad fruits from a bad theological tree. I will be the first one to stand with the Catholic Church to call out promiscuity. But there is a clear distinction between promiscuity and a loving, committed relationship. It seems that the church has put these standards of living that are just impossible to uphold. Priests are required to take a vow of celibacy. But a recent study shows that most priests break that vow. And a decent proportion break it many times (both heterosexual and homosexual priests). I am falling more and more in love with Catholicism and it’s core values. But I also pray for discernment. It’s healthy to wrestle with these things. I think blindly following along is quite dangerous and detrimental to one’s being and faith. To wrestle and question oftentimes leads to a deeper faith.
God bless you mate, I’m very much in a similar boat. Just know that theirs a big difference between dogma and doctrine. Doctrines can be reevaluated, reinterpreted, and changed. Dogma can’t. Theirs very few dogmas, but many doctrines. The Church’s teaching on homosexuality is a doctrine. You can disagree and even dissent from it (though I’d still recommend keeping things on the down-low) and still be a Catholic in good standing.
Amen to this!! I completely agree with you! I believe that I can be a progressive catholic and am hoping to convert one day but I love the religion and it’s beliefs but this is the only thing I don’t agree with and I believe that is ok! I know god loves you and me and we are not sinners for wanting to be loved! God bless you!
Best presentation ever. :) Before the fall of man, we were in union(the correct use) of the nature of the world. It is a struggle to try to see and use nature(of everything) correctly.
facts not dogma If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
Indeed. A lot of Catholic teachings on this topic don't go much further than, "We're all oriented toward some things that are not good for us.", but that's where it stops. This talk addresses the pain, loneliness, and real world human experiences of people with this wound. Very important teachings here.
Your gratitude for your sisters' loneliness. Makes a difference. Tell her she makes a difference. She will maybe meet Mr. Right. But even if she doesn't, she is never alone. I really appreciate your talks, Father. I'm heterosexual and stayed celebrate for 15 years; even made private vows in The Holy Land with 4 priests. Now I'm engaged and dating a man. If it happens, it's on God's time, not ours. Thank you, Father.
“The way of love always passes through self-denial”. ❤️❤️ As a mother of 10 (adopted/biological) this is profoundly true statement and at the heart of what love really is...whether it’s love of self or love of another.
The church needs to stop talking about same sex attraction that way. It’s actually very fine to say gay and lesbian in church. It’s not an identity as the fact that I AM white and AM European. It’s not my identity but it’s part of me. Being gay is not an identity but it’s part of it. The thing is that saying you have same sex attraction minimizes the thing. You don’t just have SSA, it changes a lot of things in your life, not just the way you’re attracted to people. As the fact that I’m white, i might need some solar cream. Is it a brokenness ? Absolutely not. Saying you’re gay doesn’t make you less than an heterosexual. It’s doesn’t make you broken. God takes our brokenness to make them our strength. We go from glory to glory so even if you’re gay, God can make beautiful things through it !!! So please, stop just saying Same sex attraction, it’s not only attraction. It’s way beyond just attraction. + not all LGBT people suffer from being gay. You can’t compare it to people who were abused or molested or born blind or with injuries. It’s just different. We don’t have to look at it with pity as if it was unbearable.
Absolutely. There's a book by an evangelical named David Bennett called 'A War of Loves', detailing his conversion from an anti-theistic gay activist to someone who's found true happiness and fullness in celibacy for Christ. He makes this exact point towards the end. Its often an assumption of straight people that someone calling themselves 'gay' means they must be into a particularly licentious lifestyle, or have a political agenda, but its simply not true. In his experience (having been part of groups with agendas), straight churchfolk insisting on people like himself using the term 'same-sex attracted' often serves to make them feel more otherised by the church. I think a lot of us, for the sake of those brothers and sisters in Christ (and indeed, our brothers and sisters He wants us to invite into the church) would do well to listen to such feedback and modify our language accordingly. If someone chooses to adopt the term gay, then use that term around them. If someone happens to prefer the term same sex attracted, use that around them. LGBT people (either those who have been hurt by churchfolk, or those who are trying to come into the Church from a secular background) already have enough potential stumbling blocks in their paths: lets all avoid adding to them
If you were put on this Earth with brown hair, you cannot control it. It was a great example a friend offered to explain their orientation. You can’t control your heterosexuality or homosexuality because it is not a choice. (Ask a heterosexual!) The Catholic Church has placed way too much emphasis on sex. Considering priest and nuns are celibate, I don’t think they can offer constructive instruction when it comes to intimacy between two people regardless of orientation. Unitive is included in the Catholic definition of sex as well. That’s inclusive of anyone who loves another person. Don’t get me started on masterbation!
Priests are often lonely souls who are expected to be perfect. I always hear about how they serve a higher calling -- that it transcends a personal need for intimacy. But it is a difficult vocation and it can lead to major personal failings. Although I won't say I cannot make a general observation, I can see why some end up in scandals that end in big money payoffs from the Catholic Church. Let us not forget that priests are still human beings. With human needs.
Noe Berengena Actually you only need Christ in your life to make you whole. Each one of us has a calling. If we are in a situation that is not what God wants us to be, we will be lonely, unfulfilled, dissatisfied and broken. That is why we need to discern our calling before we jump into something just bcz it is what we want. Anyone who has a personal relationship with God will never be lonely. Trials or problems will come to you but if you are with Christ, there is always a way out. You will not be crushed. Jesus said, come to me all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. My yoke is easy and my burden light. Learn of me for I am meek and humble of heart. That is why in the midst of trials, we still have joy in our hearts all because of the grace of God.
@@MeritBiz That's very nice, but I have known more than a few priests who drank way too much or who got into trouble making inappropriate contact with minors. One of them was a family friend -- he shot himself in the head after his underage victim came forward. Another one was fired by his University after revelations about him molesting male students were reported. Being a priest is a lofty ambition, but it is one that can be fraught with great sexual temptations.
Noe Berengena There are good priests and bad priests. Priests are human beings, they are prone to fall into sin. They are the target of the devil bc the devil wants to destroy the Church. Temptations abound in the Church, that’s why we have a duty to pray and fast for the priests that they do not fall into temptation. Even Christ’s apostles have one bad apple while Christ was still with them. Judas was tempted to sell Jesus for 30 pcs of silver. Money and sex are lures used by the devil to tempt the servants of God. If a priest is not prayerful, doesn’t pray the rosary, doesn’t have the desire to immerse himself in the Blessed Sacrament, and doesn’t have the devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, chances are, this priest will easily fall into temptation. I am not talking of only the priests but also bishops, Cardinals, and even the Pope are targets of the devil. So let’s pray and fast for the good priests and pray for the conversion of the bad ones.
@@MeritBiz You are a good soul and I admire your dedication to your faith. As you point out... human nature being what it is, everyone encounters temptations in life and it is very helpful to be vigilant. I don't know what your life has been like but some of us have actually met people who are close to being demonic. They disguise themselves as nice people but they are tied to evil things. I narrowly escaped with my life from great danger when I was working in Los Angeles. I tell people that it was nothing short of Divine Intervention that I drove to Oakland and was saved from certain death.
Noe Berengena Evil indeed is real. God loves you personally and He definitely saved you from death. You may still have a mission in life to accomplish, ask God to reveal it to you. He is near to those who call upon him. The key to our Faith is our personal relationship with God. We develop this by spending more with the Lord in prayer, just like how we bond with friends and loved ones. If we have a personal relationship with God, He will reveal himself to us that nothing in this world can shake us. That’s why the Roman Catholic Church is the great vehicle to the Kingdom because the real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist can help us be intimate with God. Life is difficult but the grace of God makes it easier for us to handle any situation. That’s what’s wrong with the world now. People look outside for solution of our miseries when all we need to do is look inwardly to God in us bc He has all the answers, all the solutions. I highly recommend that you read a life of a great Saint a day or one a week. You will learn all of their struggles, but by the grace of God they remain joyful and hopeful amidst difficulties. I assure you that once you open up to God, He will fill you with His love and you too will experience the secrets of the saints. God bless🙏
Getting Marry can not get you to scape from feeling Lonely .. Yes in deed despite of our sexual preferences we need Love ourselves and then we will be ready to let someone love us the way we are and love someone as well ... God Bless to all of us 🙏🏻♥️
People do not change from the outside in. We change from the inside out.Our job as believers is to LOVE one another and LOVE COVERS A MULTITUDE OF SIN. LOVE COVERS!!!!!!!!
i hope no one ever accepts a teaching that an all loving god is forbidding them from loving who they love and being with them and doing with them whatever you both desire to do in the privacy of your own homes. You are valid, your feelings and partners and unions are valid, and a church that says otherwise isn't a church that should exist, and certainly not one that should claim to worship an all loving god.
@@AL-sp2vq I dont know much about the episcopal church, but accepting Christians have a problem because they still proclaim to follow a very nonaccepting (to put it extremely politely) holybook. Ofcourse being philosophically inconsistent is an infinitely smaller problem then being homofobic, but its a problem none the less. If gays really want to be religious I would therefor recommend nonabrahamic religions- but that's ofcourse up to them
@@tobak952 The episcopal church is almost the most liberal church in christianity. Is not literalist when it comes to the bible, performs gay marriages and has women priests. Although I don't identify as catholic anymore I appreciate that I had a very liberal priest growing up in my parish who would speak out against the church in his sermons on some issues, said gay marriage was ok when our state tried to ban it. He even compared our bishop to the pharisees.
@47:49 ...Fr. Mike : *There's things in life that you're going to have to deny* : I just told my ex despite how much I miss or "crave " him...." You are dangerous for me. I lost my child. My credit cards were racked up. I don't want to be homeless. Nor do I want to die " .....And my ex is responding right now saying *"I'm going to do it. You have no choice"* ......uhm....
My same sex partner is not bad for me like yours. We are in love with one another. I'm not going to deny myself real love and intimacy. BTW, when you say "ex" do you mean you're divorced?
truth If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
If gay people live a chaste life of loneliness doesn’t that mean a bunch of gay people just live lonely lives they could have been living together? Other LGBT issues aside, what’s the difference in society if these people live together in a monogamous union rather than living alone.
I see what you mean but the point is to put everything below God. All marriages, family members, relationships are to take lesser importance to God. Chastity is asked of everyone whether single or married or being in a holy vocation. All sexual sins are to be avoided like masturbation, pornography, immoderate behavior, lusting after others and this applies to straight people as well. I am a single straight woman serving the church and a lot of people in our ministry are single and in their 30s or older. Some have homosexual desires too but as a group we try to remain as chaste as we can but I don't think we are a sad or lonely bunch. People equate being single with being lonely and think loneliness is like a lifetime's worth of despair or unfulfillment. I am lonely sometimes but it comes and goes like every other emotion. I see many people who live more unhappy and lonely lives being married even. I've also met nuns who are just so peaceful and joyous even if the pang of wanting motherhood looms above them sometimes. They find joy in suffering and they just have this peace that no problem can take away.
Hey, @KinkyCaptionCrafter! I'm gonna answer from a perfectly non-believer point of view, though I'm interested in religious thinking. You don't need marriage to live a life without loneliness (and married people are often lonely, as a matter of fact); you just need love, closeness, touch, consideration from people you meet on a daily basis. Family in that matter is definitely a plus but sometimes you might not even have that foundation. Being gay and not following the monogamous relationship model that comes from the various monotheisms really is less a matter of lifestyle choice than a cultural way of living. Bear in mind that the gays are ostracized since their early youths. They do not grow up by a book or by any standard moral code. They are the craftsmen of their own lives; they always have been. The world is of no support to them, I tell you that by experience. The Bible, in that regard, is a true enemy. But, growing up, you manage to live in your society by your own moral standards. Sometimes, they're still close to what you, @KinkyCaptionCrafter yourself, experience (the idea of "chastity", or fidelity, monogamous relationship; but sometimes, it's quite different though the foundation is exactly the same one: "I'm in love with my man, but I can fuck whoever I want; in any case, I'm still faithful to the person I love, no matter what" -- that's what I experience in my daily life). Your question about society shouldn't have any kind of importance to any of us. We're just men and women, sometimes "sinners" if you go by the book. I mean, "sin" and "fault"... you don't know anyone telling you when you do one. We do know when we commit one. We don't need anyone to tell us about them; it's how we identify them, and it's how we know we were at fault. Texts do not tell us anything about that, they just tell us what people felt about what we just did at the time they wrote the texts. I guess you understand the problem around very old religious texts then. So, the idea is not to live "chaste" lives, I think (from a non-believer point of view) but to live good lives, lives that are good and true to the ones who will follow us. We can't be examples but maybe our lives will somehow be exemplary, to some extent, to the ones after us. That's what gathers believers and non-believers, I BELIEVE : the will to leave something better after our own time. So, stay out of idle lullabies but be good to everyone, including the people you think you might not like because of the texts of your faith. Jesus, as he said, did not come to preach for the ones who shall be saved; but to the ones he didn't think would be saved.
Not necessarily. There are other ways to get out of lonliness than a sexual relationship. Often it's enough that you have good friends and a loving family. Same sex attraction isn't a sentence to be lonely and bitter. If anyone too experiences this: Cultivate friendships and familiar bonds, you don't have to stay completely alone just because you struggle with same sex attraction. These other, 'pure' relationships might even help you a lot with your struggly. If I was completely lonely, I might have already given in. But my family and friends give me the strength to go on.
This is exactly where religious views on sex seem so antiquated. Isn't consensual pleasure an important part of the "for-ness" of the sexual impulse? Pleasure, just like procreation and bonding, is a part of sex's inherent nature, its "is-ness," to use Fr. Mike Schmitz's terms. Of course, consensual sex for pleasure can be taken to unhealthy extremes (and often is in our modern culture), but when it's used in moderation with a partner, it seems to me like the "is-ness" of sex isn't being violated, but actually honored. And to stay consistent with Fr. Mike Schmitz's analogy, enjoying the pleasurable aspects of sex or masturbation is not the same as using a chair as a cutting board or a place to chop wood. One note: I do think modern pornography, especially when violent or abusive, is a distortion of sexual pleasure. And it almost goes without saying, but of course, any sexual act that is not fully consensual is also a serious distortion of sexual pleasure. So it is necessary for us humans to have boundaries around sexual pleasure, but being overly boundary-ed (word?) and restrictive about the sexual impulse can also lead to egregious sexual behavior that is often hidden away. We still have so much to learn as a species about how to engage in a healthy way with our individual sexuality.
Thank you Father Mike. I have struggled to breach this subject for quite some time with one of my friends, but never had any real questions to go an make him think about it. But, now i have. I can talk to him about this. Through Christ who gives me the courage and the knowledge. Keep on teaching!
facts not dogma If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
Great presentation. When Christ instructed us to love our neighbor and to love our enemy His instructions indicated no male/female limitation. Love is not sex but above it. Love is an unconditional focus on the good of the other. Extramarital sex is rarely this. I love my father and a few mail friends - No sex required.
facts not dogma If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
@@dan69052 nope this is Satan. Lie. It is a deadly sin. God wiped the world because of it.and also Sodom and Gomorrah! Watch out, to be lead to hell by fake messenger.
Mail friends? Do they all work for the USPS? I am gay. I had a crush on a straight friend in college. I chose to love him selflessly. What makes you think gay people are so stupid or deprave that they don't already know this? My father hated me for being gay. He hated all gay men, and he was obsessed with the subject. He was the Christian example in my life. He kept that up until he died seven years ago.
@@anonyme3123 We don't even know if Sodom and Gomorrah were real cities. And even if they were, Ezekiel 16:49 tells us that their sin was radical inhospitality, a callous disregard for their neighbor, kind of like what you're doing right now.
One doesn't choose one's sexuality, and celibacy is something one freely chooses, it cannot be an option of you either put on a chastity belt (even on your thoughts) or commit a mortal sin... Just use your brains and be reasonable!
facts not fiction If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
truth If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
set yourself free If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
I decided one day to make a MAGIC choice to go with the "GAY LIFESTYLE"! 🤣 And met my husband in Catholic Gay Conversion Therapy Class.🤣. And they lived happily ever after. AMEN 🙏 Praise the Lord. 🏳️🌈🌈🏳️🌈🌈🏳️🌈🌈🏳️🌈👍
That was not of the lord, so you shouldn't thank him for it. Actually it's nothing to be thankful for, you wanted to be restored which is great, but in this moment of vulnerability, the enemy set up a trap and made you fall. That's how he works. Call upon the Lord, search a good community, go to counselling etc., so you can be set free again. It's never too late.
@m.f.5739 You mean we're supposed to be just like you, or go to hell. And you wonder why we now have our own community. And EQUAL RIGHTS denied for 2,000 years because of religion. And all the WARS religion causes. You should start by questioning yourself instead of others.
@@m.f.5739You mean we're supposed to be just like you, or go to hell. And you wonder why we now have our own community. And EQUAL RIGHTS denied for 2,000 years because of religion. And all the WARS religion causes. You should start by questioning yourself instead of others.
Listen. I'm gay. I grew up in the church. I had to leave. Because the slow drip self reproach is corrosive and corrupting to the soul. And the apologists who overlook what it means to be sexually attracted to members of your own sex and what it means to be taught your capacity to feel and express romantic love constructively for another human being, is somehow wrong or ineffective, are deaf to their own tonelessness. The truth seems to be beyond them.
This was a great lecture. Fr. Mike is a rare priest that touches topics that are difficult but necessary. Pray for him. Pray for ALL priests. Satan hates them. ~ although that is a badge of honor in God's Army, they need our prayers. No priest, no Eucharist..Jesus help us to carry our cross. +
truth If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
i dont mean to be offtopic but does anybody know of a trick to get back into an Instagram account??
I stupidly lost my password. I love any tricks you can offer me.
@Keagan Yosef Instablaster ;)
@Shane Connor Thanks for your reply. I found the site through google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff atm.
I see it takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
@Shane Connor it did the trick and I finally got access to my account again. Im so happy:D
Thanks so much you saved my account :D
"This isn't us and them, it's only us. It's us." How very very important.
truth If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
Christ ate with sinners, but He followed that up by saying, go and sin no more.
Jacob Hall I recognize my sins as sins. I make no attempt to reclassify them as virtues or as a “lifestyle choice”.
Jacob Hall it would be a lonely world if we didn’t love the sinner since there are so many of us. I can’t speak to the specific situation you refer to, but in general Catholic school teachers should adhere to Catholic moral teaching. If a teacher is presenting birth control as a viable option that teacher should no longer teach in Catholic School.
And then you sinned no more?
@@jacobhall1488 I've stopped, personally but I do fail miserably sometimes but that human its not about the perfect but about how to change. And constantly be trying to fix it
@@flisom the thing is, as a trans woman, I do not reconcile my 'sins' as 'lifestyle choices' I instead recognise them to be me
Father Mike, thank you for addressing difficult issues clearly. There is something for everyone in this presentation.
@Jay Broughton Wait Pell did not Rape Babies.
Jay Broughton Be real. That is not the topic of his talk so you can’t expect him to address that. And if you are a Christian, let me remind you of what Jesus said “Thou shalt not judge, for thou shalt be judged. By the measure that you use it will be used back to you.”
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“You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind. You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor shall you wear a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material
Two kinds of material is Unholy according to those biblical words...the socks you are wearing and most of the clothes you wear are a polyester cotton blend!
Matthew 23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
"If it wasn't this, it'd be something else- no one escapes the cross and no one has to escape redemption in this life." - Fr. Mike Schmitz.
wow.
If it was not for this, it would be something else! Knowing and realizing what is a cross and who is the real me. Very profound
best quote i've heard in a while
explain! lohanthony
but NO roman catholics are redeemed? they are ALL still pagans! lohanthony ?
@@josephcorrigan9160 How do you know that? Are you the God who redeems?
So many are afraid of loneliness. We come into this world alone and we will leave it alone. Only God can fulfill us. People as we are, will always let down.
Amen!
We are never lonely. Because God is everywhere. He is always ready to hear us. We need to know the importance of knowing, loving, and serving God. Only this will make us truly happy.
@Jay Broughton Sorry there is only one God in three divine persons the Father (creator, Yahweh), the Son (Jesus who died for our sins), and the Holy Spirit (the power to conquer the impossible). Therefore, we that believe in Him are never alone. 🙏✌❤😇 being lonely is a choice we can make changes with the help of God. Pray the rosary.
@Jay Broughton I have never liked watching cartoons. God is not a cartoon to entertain you or anyone.
demigodzilla get thee behind me satan.
Really tough stuff to hear and process, but also extremely honest. Addresses fear and hurt surrounding this topic in a way that we don't hear too often. Thanks for Fr. Mike.
Father Mike, alongside my spiritual father in Rome (Italy) was determining in my choice to repent, convert to Catholicism and abandon SSA sins. You may have many temptations in your life, but you can resist them.
@The Stock Trader my dear brother, your prayers are precious to me. Converting is a bumpy road, but only the narrow gate shall lead to Our Sweet Jesus and His Blessed Mother. Every moment of temptation, I offer it on the altar.
We mustn’t pray for a lighter cross, but for stronger shoulders. The Lord Almighty will give us the strength.
Bless you always JM+J
Yes but is being gay really that bad? I agree that most if not all sins are damaging to your health (physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually). But the only real argument against gay people getting together is that it’s damaging to society. I don’t think it is necessarily.
@@AutomaticDuck300it’s not about damaging the society is about the state of souls and spirituality
Father Mike is a very special Priest. The first video I ever saw of his was "The Hour That Will Change Your Life". If you havent seen that; I highly recommend it. I teach Catechism classes for high school boys to receive confirmation and Father Mike is the "go to" person as far as TH-cam videos. He relates so well to young men. He has that child-like excitement and wisdom beyond his years. I am making a mental list of priests around the US, which I would love to attend their mass and Father Mike is high on that list. I would love to take a vacation across the US, visiting these priest's masses and getting to talk with them.
The call to God and his glory is true, I know this because after years of lost faith and living in sin. I have felt the Holy Spirt touch me deeply. I have decided to convert, be celibate, and follow The Lord wherever I am called to be. I pray for forgiveness of my sins and that others who are struggling with these sins to hear the call of the Lord and seek his Holy Catholic Church. Fr. Mike Schmitz is an amazing man and I respect him deeply thank you for your videos and lectures Fr. Mike. ✝️
You are not defined by your wounds. That's a great quote
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but it is nonsense! KMF!
@@josephcorrigan9160 why
WHY? well? because@@KMF3we have no wounds!
@@josephcorrigan9160 seriously? Everyone has wounds.
Thank you Fr. Mike for your compassion, grace, and truth without compromise. The Lord is with you.
“Loneliness is an epidemic in our culture right now” oh boy just wait til that quarantine hits.
One could say that it is sort of a dessert for that!
truth If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
Where do you live?
@@dan69052 You do know that your message is just ignored by people following "the good book". However, knowing that topic, I applaud to your will to inform others.
It just has no place when one reads that famed book, no matter how handsome a gay priest might be. In that realm, it's hypocrisy to the end.
I wish Christians would read Senecca instead of all this.
i feel that before i met God in a personally level I lived scared of lonelyness. I was living in sin no marriage just union not even law but I had my prior mariage anuled so during the process of taking the step to remarry I had to take a big decicion if abstenance but it made it deficult for my partner to a point he was threaghtening to leave but with God in my life it made me no be scare of loosing him... I was more afraid of loosing God's Love I realised I am in love with Jesus so in my heart i had made a choise if ge leaves i will no longer seak for no nan and just stay single. I feel Jesus fills me comepletely.
losing! Spell correctly!
@@catherinekelly532 did you listen to Fr. Mike? We're all in this together..some people can spell well, others can't. What's important is Alice's story....
Well done Alice. That takes courage.
@@catherinekelly532 no one likes a grammar Nazi! Be gracious not critical!
Alice you confirmed much of what I fear. Thank you for making it clear and acknowledging that our love for God and His love for us is so much greater than the fear of losing a person for not understanding us and respecting our convictions.
I am no catholic and never interested but by chance I began to listen fr mike and i is good!! so good thx:)
If interested listen to fantastic intellectual Catholic speakers Dr Taylor Marshall, and Sensus Filedelium. You will like!
@@catholicpeaces6257 I second this motion they are very good. Also try Classical Theist and Mathoma.
You just took being Catholic for granted, like a husband
@@lisancristo8214 entering a faith is never to be taken for granted amen.
@@alecrosewell6959 You are correct, I have always wanted to enter religious consecrated life.
I enjoy so much listening to this beautiful man talk. He is so wise and gives me so much comfort.
Ultimately we are called to follow Jesus not just seek Him.
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Following Jesus and seeking Him are one and the same.
@@gayleschaefer6300 Not necessarily.
@@pattipton4450 may God bless her soul!
@UnWaifu No! Its not! Read John 6:66: “From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him”. “Seeking” and “following” are two different things.
He is blessed. The Mass means so so much more when he explained it. It brought tears to my eyes not realising the LOVE I have for my God.
facts not fiction If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
“No one escapes the cross”.... TRUTH - We all have to come to the cross for salvation. Thank you for sharing. Powerful message. God bless you!🙏🏽
What a great talk. Words come so easy to Fr Mike to express himself in truth on all delicate matters. Bless you Father.
Thank you!
@@jacobhall1488 In his book about why being gay is wrong and gay people don't deserve romantic relationships, he has the audacity to mention all the females he dated in his youth! Tone deaf.
@@kyle_hartman Why does that make him tone deaf?
@@Carmen24860 He's writing a book about why gay people don't deserve to pursue romantic relationships while mentioning his own romantic relationships. Reeks of hypocrisy and discrimination.
@@kyle_hartman You write a lot of words just to say you're attracted to males and addicted to pornography. Nobody cares about your self-indulgent rationalizations.
We don't need to be afraid of loneliness! God fills that void in our hearts. As humans we seek superficial things to find peace only to leave us empty and alone. I've discovered going to the Word and asking the Holy Spirit to show me His Love. We all have feelings and unnatural desires. It's out of our Love and devotion for our Creator that we sustain from acting on sin. God knows each and every heart! He knows. Turn to Him. ❤
Heterosexuals have the opportunity to pursue sexually and emotionally fulfilling relationships. Denying this opportunity to gay people is unjust discrimination, something the Catechism explicitly forbids
facts not fiction If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
Excellent lecture! Thank you Father Mike. We need priests like you. Please don’t stop teaching the Bible to us - you are phenomenal.
"if it wasn't this it'd be something else." i need to remember that
The Church does not create an us-versus-them situation. That'd be a strawman argument. Those who do not repent of sin are already separated from the Church by God Himself, Jn 15:2.
Haven said that, Fr. Mike has made a very wonderful presentation in this talk. We must never give up the struggle for holiness.
God bless you Fr. Mike! May He keep the fire burning in you 👍
Relating a priest’s life of celibacy to same-sex attraction is weird to me. Being a priest is a choice. Being gay or bi isn’t. I can’t help that I like women, and it’s unfair that my relationships could never be seen as a positive, fruitful, beneficial, or life-giving thing simply because of the gender of the person I date or may choose to marry. It’s kinda ridiculous to enforce this idea that all gay people have to be celibate and can’t be in romantic relationships like a priest. That’s like saying “oh, you’re white? Then you have to choose to be celibate because we think God said that white people can’t get married.” (It’s a hypothetical example, don’t bother getting pressed about there not being a specific Bible verse that I cite on it). Point is, it’s a totally arbitrary standard and it makes no sense. You can’t help the way you’re born, and it’s unfair to push this agenda onto people that we’re somehow “wrong” for wanting to be in a spiritual, binding union with the people we love.
Also, there’s a Bible verse about “Gentile or Jew, servant or free, woman or man no more,” which, to me, implies things that aren’t relevant to the character of a person. Gender/sex is included in that list. If gender/sex is seen as irrelevant to our character, then why does it matter so much in marriage?
Thank you for sharing this beautiful thought. I'm Catholic and I will always be. I hope that like me, most Catholics don't think that same gender Love is a sin, or divorse women are to not seek conjugal love anymore (they are just the loud minority, I hope). God is love and we ALL who love Him are His church. The clergy does not own the church. Please keep on seeking God's love.
You weren't born "that way".
@@VitorGomes9 You are-
What you’re saying is partly true, but it doesn’t mean we have to act on those desires. You’re just as much a part of God’s family as everyone else is. However, we do not have the authority to contradict how God designed marriage. Marriage is not a guarantee that you’ll be happy. If you’re gay, God has likely destined you for a purpose that is greater than marriage.
Those traits likely won't exist at all in Heaven, and for sure the Bible says there is no marriage in Heaven, but they still exist here and the Bible does address people who are not living correctly according to their traits and station in life and tells them how they should live. Old women: stop gossiping. Men: be faithful to the wife of your youth. Women: don't get up in front of the whole congregation and teach. Slaves: obey your masters. Masters: be kind to your slaves, and set them free if they want or keep them if they want. Rich people: don't segregate yourselves and do eat with everyone including the poor. Church: don't show favoritism and give special seats to rich people. People are addressed by their traits. What if the verse is about treating everyone with equal kindness, equal fellowship, equal rights to the full life of a Christian in fellowship with others? What if people are supposed to have different roles, and act certain ways according to their roles that honor God and show love? Who ever said that verse is about traits that used to apply to character and now don't? I always thought they were a list of traits that people used as excuses for power and exclusion from the "in group". In today's terms, traits that had been used for discrimination. There was a time Peter had a vision in which God had to teach him directly to stop excluding Gentiles from being able to enter the family of God. I think God would tell certain Christians now to stop excluding people based on who they're attracted to. But that doesn't mean we pretend like a man isn't a man and a woman isn't a woman, or that if for example two women love each other in faith then it's ok to also love each other as wives or to have sex. They are still women, and they are not supposed to be excluded from church meetings or treated as subhuman or ignored because of their gender, but they are supposed to still only marry men. People of faith in the Bible in the Old and New Testaments were told to not take part in homosexual acts. Not to take part in sexual immorality. Why would it say those things if gender/sex doesn't matter anymore in any way at all?
God Bless you Fr. Mike. Jesus loves all of us.
this priest is so amazing he’s so down to earth and not even judge mental at all
If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
thats the problem
@@dan69052 what ignorance? Atheists cant even answer transcendentals just because we dont want to follow your globalist lucifieran cult
This priest is a propagandist exploiting the vulnerable and weaponizing the stupid.
@@redeye6560 We are supposed to judge the fruit (which I take to mean attitudes, actions, words, things we can see that came from them) of the believers in the church, but only the believers. We are NOT supposed to judge outsiders. That's God's job. Outsiders have no faith, no commitment to Christ and so it doesn't make sense to expect them to do anything He says or even to have any relationship to Him, and some have no understanding of spirituality either because they can't see any point of view but their own. I remember before I was a disciple of Christ and I only saw the world through my own understanding. It wouldn't have made any sense to me for people to say my morals or life were wrong if I felt I was right, because they're not me and I accepted nobody's authority. I actually was big on following rules, but only the ones that made me feel safe or that got me success in a worldly way, basically the rules that I liked. I didn't think I had any master. Now I know I was a slave to the desires of my body, but I had to learn that through the experience of the world not being able to make me happy. Then I was open to change. Then when I met Christ through His church and experienced love, care, discipline, truth -- then I was ready to start listening to a new way of thinking, and believe.
Let’s pray a Hail Mary for Father Mike!
Jay Broughton why
@Jay Broughton There is undeniable proof by historians that Jesus was a real human person. Whether you believe his teachings or not is separate to the objective fact of his existence. He lived.
@Jay Broughton that's not history, Jesus wasn't a raper. I pray for you, blessings.
@Jay Broughton as said there is proof Jesus existed and the religion started from him. There are testimonies all around the world. God is real (and not a child raper), we need to seek him ! Have a great day !
@@user00578___ How can Jesus be a child rapist, if he never existed in the first place. To be a rapist, you have to be a human being. You cannot accuse someone of a crime if they do not exist. You have flawed logic.
As well meaning as this is - it is nothing but clerical condescension arrayed in pious words.
I am a devout Catholic and a gay woman. Despite my strong faith and fervent dedication to God, the Church will not listen to the experience of Christ in me - it has closed its ears to me and the entire LGBTQ community. It is in God's love for us that he not only gives us his Word, but also lends us his Ear. Just as love of God begins in listening to His Word, love of the neighbor begins in listening to them. When we can no longer listen to our neighbor then we will be no longer be listening to God either.
Over and over we hear Jesus say, "I desire mercy not sacrifice." In Matthew 25 we hear the Parable of the Talents. Each of the servants received gold from their master, "Then he went away immediately." When the master returns, the first two servants have much more to give back to the master than was originally given because they had taken risks and invested it - the master was pleased. The third servant still only had the one gold coin he was originally given saying, "Master, I know you are a demanding person... so out of fear I went off and buried your gold in the ground." This displeased the master saying, "You wicked, lazy servant!"
The Catholic Church has taken the many blessing given to us ALL through Jesus Christ and have buried them in the ground. In this act, they have also buried so many of their brothers and sisters; fighting instead only to preserve what it already has, as if that were an end in itself. How can it cling to its flock of “ninety-nine” yet preach that He leaves the ninety-nine to look for the lost one?
If only you all could see how closely Jesus stands beside me, protecting me and asking me to forgive his Church that does not see. If only you could enter into my weeping and see that Jesus weeps with me.
@Jocelyn Welch I am with you.
Profound 🙏🙏🙏
I agree. I want to hear more of your experience. I have the same experience.
Bro had to break it to you that God made man and female, so breaking this is a sin and in Psalms 7:11 is says that God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
In John 14:15 is says: If ye love me, keep my commandments. So you got to keep the commandents and stop pleasing the flesh if you are going to love him. If you desire your sin then you are not loving him and therefore you cannot enter the kingdom.
Proverbs 15:29 - The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 - 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
The church is not accepting you cause you are breaking the rules.
Same sex attraction is a heavy cross to bear indeed. But no one is spared (in this life) from bearing the cross. Some crosses are harder than others.
It is hard to be Catholic and only by God's grace can we become faithful Catholics. You don't have to accept the Church's teaching. You don't have to be Catholic.
@@jesusdiazzz6369 such condescension and arrogance ! 🙄
My dad graduated seminary and went to Rome for Cannon Law studies. He elected not to be a priest. Thank God because he married my sainted Mom. He spent most of his life afraid of those with same sex attraction. Toward the end of his life he called me just because but during that call for some unknown reason he told me that God accepts and loves those with same sex attraction as he does all of us. He went on to say sex outside marriage was forbidden and told me, his heterosexual daughter, that the rules were the same for me. Sex outside marriage cannot happen.
You're never really single when you're in a relationship with God. 😃
You were formed for relationship with human beings and the Higher Power/God. You don't have to deny human caring.
i think you inappropriately making god look gay.
A relationship with an imaginary being. Wow. Not imaginary you say? You have never seen god, never heard a voice that identifies itself as god, never smells god, never physically felt god, and never tasted god. God by definition is in your imagination. Oh you might say, but I felt god’s presence. That isn’t god, it’s something in you brain that makes you feel good I live such a better life when I gave up belief in a god. I now lead my life in a way that benefits people around me, and allows me to make the most out of the short time we have here, instead of following rules in hopes of winning god’s favor in the afterlife.
Oh, really?
@@otello204 I am 1,000 percent in agreement with your comments. I was brought up as a Roman Cathlic, but I had never experienced anything "God", None, Zippo! I now live my life without religion, and I am much happier. I don't believe that there are Heaven above, and Hell below. My time on this earth is the only time I have on this earth. When I die, I die. I will not be a spirit looking forward to the Judgment Day and be sent to Hell because there is no Jesus in me.
Really love this. I mean look at this priest. He’s attractive, a great speaker; eloquent, intelligent. You don’t think he struggles with temptations that are beyond yours. He forgoes marriage with a woman and commits to a life of abstinence. He understands the ideas of bearing your cross despite the temptations thrown at you. If all men and women would have an inkling of the mindset of sacrifice the world would be a better place
@Directruth care to Elaborate on that.
@Directruth Read Paul’s letters, that’s the basis. Jesus, celibate and single. Paul, celibate and single.
@Directruth LOL. Go read some Bart Ehrman for a non Christian source that tickles your fancy. There’s non biblical sources that attest to events and people in the NT. Paul never spoke contrary to Jesus. Im sure Paul had a fictional Roman beheading too? And Romans didn’t exist either, right? Seems like you’re the one living in a fiction.
@Directruth Wow have you never heard of literary tools to convey messages?
You think you’re being deep but you’re not being deep at all. The truths in the bible exist today, in 2021 for a reason. Betray those fundamental truths and just see what kind of life you end up with. A living Hell so to speak. But hey, you’re the 21st century man, fully evolved, with all the wisdom and no sins to speak of and no ancestral wisdom to take heed of. Amen!
@@r.m5883sure, stories can convey messages and morals. But 'stories' are, by definition, fictitious. Back in biblical times, slavery was accepted as morally OK, and adulterers and homosexuals were routinely stoned to death. Haven't we moved beyond that by now?
I wrote in my journal the other day “Jesus, I am mad that the Catholic Church made your arms no longer feel like home.” The teachings on gay people in Catholicism have wounded me so badly. This is just conversion therapy under another name. You can say it love, I don’t feel it at all.
this will help If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
The Catholic Church does not have teachings about “gay people”. The church teaches about sin, repentance and mercy for all His children. I promise, if you continue to receive the Sacraments and dedicate yourself to knowing Jesus personally and following His teachings, you will find joy. I say this after reading so many beautiful stories of people who lived same-sex attractions for decades, encountered Christ and turned away from those attractions and are so happy and fulfilled.
@@anneschmidt6359 I agree with you, we should try to stand with those with homosexual attractions and try to pull them back to god, for satan has captured them and pulled them away from god
Just wonderful!! You are not defined by your wounds, or your weaknesses or your sins. You are defined by the depth of the Father's love for you and your capacity to be image of his Son Jesus Christ in this world (John Paul II)
We are the bride of Christ therefore never alone ....I ❤️ Jesus and he ❤️ me. He loves me in my sin and in my brokenness.
No he doesnt just your brokenness and humbleness but not your sin.
Psalms 7:11
“God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.”
How he said "You are not defined by your wounds..." I think is so clever that it actually caught me off guard.
Wow. Thank you, God for teaching Fr. Mike to speak for You.
Pray for me guys
God bless you all
Wakim Wakim for whatever you’re going through I pray that Jesus gives you strength and gives you hope! Amen
I know Jesus will Heal You of whatever You are going Through. Embrace Your Cross but Trust Completely in The Lord! Blessings to You, John
you´ll be in my prayers
Pope Leo 13 exorcism prayer
Mark 9/ God is with you. TRUST
Prayandfastforamerica.org
BUY! why? Christophe WAKIM ?
the best I've seen in 3 years searching... your experience isn't your identity. Magnificent. "My new philosophy"
more knowledge If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
Thank u Fr Mike. God bls u exceedingly 4 making th True teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ & th Church so very clear. 4 us. Th subject of sexuality has been manipulated 2 suit not th Holy Will of God but th needs of th flesh. God bls u, keep u well & increase ua fruitfulness in His Holy Kingdom, thr Jesus Christ, amen.
Extraordinary, Fr. Mike. God's love shines so brightly through you. And you are helping God make the world a better place. Blessings and grace to you always, Fr. Mike.
Beautiful soul with a unique gift to express truth... God bless Fr. Mike, AMEN...
I totally agree with you! Such a blessing! ♡
Truth is what makes us ‘us’ 🙏☦️
Whenever Father Mike speaks and he is sad I feel like crying a River.
Let yourself feel! Tears are so powerful.
Thank you so much Fr Mike. We love you. God bless and keep you always in Jesus name amen🙏🏼
Fr. Mike, I have to say that It had been quite a couple weeks for me before I'd actually been able to shed even a single tear, not because I didnt want to but because of My very own health.., You See-- I too love picking up my Daily Cross as Jesus has taught us, and how my favorite Saint, Padre Pio himself has taught my so well after so long from my last horrific Migraine which I just suffered from like 2 &1/2 weeks ago, which was what wouldn't even allow me to shed a tear!! -- All that said, I must say that it's been nearly each and every Single One of Your Most Wonderful Homilies which I try my very best Daily Masses, along with anything else-ehether they be Simple teachings or Otherwise--,For like Tonight's Message for Me Anyways it Held Tons of Forgotten informational Messaging for me, that I truly felt isn't told to Us Catholics As often as it should be! ##- Your last 10 Minutes could've been the Most Powerful Words to Me in the whole Teaching, yet I'm glad I save them All in case any of My friends ask me where I heard of You..?!?.. 😁🥰🙌 ##- Keep up your good Work, Fr. Mike and just a side note- I was initially moved to Open up your very 1st Homily back about 2 Months ago, simply because the Previous now gone Pastor at My 16 Year Catholic Church, here at St. Edward's in Pembroke Pines, in So. Florida had your Same 1st Name;) ##So there ya have it--Mike's can not only be Common via long distance, but even Charismatic senses of humor 'go a long way..', too if ya ask Me🤣👌🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Gonna start calling straight people “individuals who are experiencing opposite sex attraction.”
Well said
@James Nguyen fair point. I think I just disagree with the premise of a lot of what he’s saying. Or rather, I just disagree with the worldview of Catholicism. I was raised in the church, and I only ever experienced it negatively. I don’t personally have an issue being called gay, because it’s just a descriptor. I’m also a cook, and I wouldn’t be offended if someone called me a cook.
@James Nguyen right on. I like to think that everyone exists on a sexuality spectrum. Being bisexual places you in the middle. I’m not completely unattracted to women, I’m just more on the gay side.
@@Matt_Dalton My family identifies as catholic but nobody really goes to church anymore so we sparsely practice it. I identified as atheist in my teens and currently I identify as agnostic but I'm trying to give faith another shot, should I consider the catholic church or perhaps another denomination?
@@doukyuuseii99 I am biased against the Catholic Church, so I don’t feel like I can speak to that exactly. What I will say is that in my experience, you can choose to follow a faith or belief system without accepting everything that system teaches. For example, if you wanted to try Catholicism again, I’d recommend researching and seeing what you do like and what you don’t like, and then move forward with what works for you.
Thank you Father Mike
Love is the meaning of life.
God is love. Anyone who preaches love is bound to beget hate. Praying for you.
truth If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
God Bless Fr Mike for speaking the truth!
And given his looks he must have spent a lot of time in his life avoiding the attentions of both sexes!
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This was so powerful! Thank you Father! God bless you!
Thank you for this. I am a huge fan of your work. I am an Episcopal woman who was thinking of conversion explicitly over transgender ideology. This makes clear that I SHOULD NOT do that as a woman who had a full hysterectomy in my 20s. I don’t believe it’s the will of God for me to be alone and celibate simply due to no hope of pregnancy.
God Bless you with more Godly wisdom..Fr.
i know ill be lonely until the day i die and dying alone is one of my greatest fears. All i have to go on is faith that theres something better. thats all i have left
Thank you so much for allowing us to hear this. Your presence and words are encouraging for many of us, specially during this hard times. Sending you positive and warm hugs. XOXO
I'm 60 years old and divorced for well over 20 years. It's too late for me now, I will be alone forever. The loneliness hurts so bad I pray every night to die in my sleep. I just want God to take me home. I have been absolutely alone for years and I just can't take it anymore. Please God let me die my sleep soon so I can come home to you, please God please
You are never alone when you have God by your side. I hope you find peace and a community that can support you x
BLESSED WEDNESDAY BROTHER .GOD IS ALWAYS WITH YOU.WHEN YOU TRULY HAVE JESUS IN YOUR MIND HEART AND SOUL YOU ARE NEVER ALONE .JESUS PEACE AND LOVE IS ENOUGH.MY ADVICE TO YOU AS A CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN BROTHER SEEK FOR CONFESSION, ATTEND MASS EVERY DAY ,RECEIVE THE HOLY EUCHARIST EVERY DAY,VISIT THE BLESSED SACRAMENT SPEAK TO HIM.BROTHER ALSO TRY JOINING COMUNNITY/ GROUP OF PRAYER AND SERVE THE LORD .KEEP YOUR MIND BODY AND SOUL OCCUPIED FOR THE LORD I GUARANTEE YOU WILL NEVER FREL LONELY.I WILL BE PRAYONG FOR YOU BROTHER.MAY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AND OUR BLESSED MOTHER MARY BE WITH YOU ALWAYS AND STRENGHEN YOU.😇😇😇🙏🙏🙏
I’m well on my way to balling my eyes out. Thank you, thank you, thank you.❤️❤️❤️❤️
bawling.
Father Mike. CONGRATS for getting air time on CBS Sunday morning! You've hit the BIG time. . God rules!
knowledge shall set you free If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
Father Mike, I truly wish there are more inspiring and spiritually informative as yourself. I find that missing in the Church right now because many priests aren't good shepherds.
facts not dogma If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
“We are called to reach the highest perfection”. Thank you so much for addressing this issue Fr. Mike.
facts not fiction If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
Then why does the Church persecute even chaste lesbians and gays? Why did the US Council of Catholic Bishops try to cancel a suicide hotline because the bill specifically mentions gays and lesbians. If you want innocent people dead by their own hand, how can you not be called "hateful,"
Yes I'm like his sister 56 and never married. Never found the right guy. I am a woman just to clarify. HATE that I have to clarify. So I am celibate and likely will be for the rest of my life.
Bless you KMF
we live in a culture that ridicules
unmarried women of a certain age as if it was by their choice!
It is noble to wait on the Lord.
If He has a mate for us . . . Good.
If He doesn't have a mate for us . . . Good.
All that matters is that God's will be done.
It took me a while to come to this conclusion. But I am joyful and grateful.
Father Mike is giving a POWERFUL talk.. Praise be to God.
If we belong to Jesus Christ then we are FULL & cared for .
Our (American) society doesn't have sex put in perspective.
It doesn't even understand the purpose of sex. Thank God for theology of the body.
Catholic TRUTH.
Sex belongs in marriage.
Sex means being open to life.
That is countercultural in America.
But Christians aren't meant to follow the world !
KMF : I’ve been celibate since my divorce 34 years ago.
More than once people have questioned my orientation, since I don’t date. My “ex” had our 20 year marriage annulled by our diocese. I feel betrayed by the Catholic Church. If I had realized that I was not married, I’d have taken our 2 children and left the man and his emotional abuse.
@Danijel Mornarić no I am not a religious sister. I never felt called to be a religious sister and so I never pursued that. Now I'm too old to pursue that.
@@harmonygordon6901 amen!!!
@@gfitz6001 I can totally understand how you would feel betrayed by the church because of the annulment. I don't think that that is ever considered. It seems like annulments are given out like candy nowadays.
Thank you Father...
If the purpose of every sexual act is narrowly defined to be heterosexual unity and procreation, then standing on a chair to extend one's reach is a violation of a chair's natural purpose of supporting our butts. Sex is definitely a tool for procreation, but like any tool, it can have more than one "creative" use. There is more than one way to be constructive with most things. Just ask MacGyver. Or ask doctors who use medications for purposes other than what they were initially intended. To stand in the way of people finding happiness for the sake of happiness itself by living lives that are authentic to their true selves is to demonstrate a lack of empathy and a lack of true acceptance and promotes a world view that has caused enough pain that has driven some to suicide.
I feel like this whole thing just went over your head.
Fr. Schmidt you are spot on.
Im going to be confirmed in march 2021, i have watched this multiple times and it helps me remember im not an exception
thank you.
@@jacobhall1488 idk- why did i spell it like that
@@nayayam Actually really nice. Thank you for asking :)) I came out as pansexual to quiteeee a lot of people, and two of my sisters. But this video still helped me recognize i will not act upon my desires. So yeah, great :DD
@@nayayam Thank you so much.
@@oxpulat I just happened to read your post. I am praying for you.
The answer is still no. If you want to get married in the church it’s still no. You are an exception. Smooth talk Frank here is still saying No!
There is a big difference between not escaping one's cross and climbing unnecessarily on top of one by denying yourself a meaningful relationship.
facts will set you free If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
I'm not broken. I wasn't made to be broken. Gayness isn't brokenness, and the church KNOWS this.
Exactly, and I don't like any use of object based metaphors for church teachings. Human sexuality is not like a chair or a table, it is complex and we are all different. I agree with some things he says, but I disagree with a lot as well.
@@kathyalex778 Human sexuality is quite simple. Man, woman. The sexual act is disordered when it acts outside the main end of the sexual act: procreation. It deals with the existence of human beings, so it is very important to obey the order of reason. Also, to base your identity on whoever it is your attracted to is brokenness. One’s identity is full and complete when the foundation is Christ
Everyone is broken until we reach heaven
@@mattharazin5578 If Heaven is full of a bunch of straight white or white adjacent people, leave me in purgatory
@@pmurraymusic In heaven our joy will come from the beatific vision; complete union with God. Sexual pleasure in a nothing compared to spiritual joy
I’m in the process of becoming Catholic. I am also a gay man. This is really the one subject that has never made any sense to me. And not because it applies to me.
The arguments against consensual, loving, committed same-sex relationships just don’t hold up. Jesus said that we shall know them by their fruits in regards to theological teaching. Studies have shown that denying your sexuality and participating in conversion therapy leads to increased depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. Those are obviously bad fruits from a bad theological tree.
I will be the first one to stand with the Catholic Church to call out promiscuity. But there is a clear distinction between promiscuity and a loving, committed relationship.
It seems that the church has put these standards of living that are just impossible to uphold. Priests are required to take a vow of celibacy. But a recent study shows that most priests break that vow. And a decent proportion break it many times (both heterosexual and homosexual priests).
I am falling more and more in love with Catholicism and it’s core values. But I also pray for discernment. It’s healthy to wrestle with these things. I think blindly following along is quite dangerous and detrimental to one’s being and faith. To wrestle and question oftentimes leads to a deeper faith.
God bless you mate, I’m very much in a similar boat. Just know that theirs a big difference between dogma and doctrine. Doctrines can be reevaluated, reinterpreted, and changed. Dogma can’t. Theirs very few dogmas, but many doctrines. The Church’s teaching on homosexuality is a doctrine. You can disagree and even dissent from it (though I’d still recommend keeping things on the down-low) and still be a Catholic in good standing.
I’m not gay but I couldn’t agree more!
Amen to this!! I completely agree with you! I believe that I can be a progressive catholic and am hoping to convert one day but I love the religion and it’s beliefs but this is the only thing I don’t agree with and I believe that is ok! I know god loves you and me and we are not sinners for wanting to be loved! God bless you!
@@Charles-jj2su amen!
@@leighgraw5439 god bless you!
Best presentation ever. :) Before the fall of man, we were in union(the correct use) of the nature of the world. It is a struggle to try to see and use nature(of everything) correctly.
Preach!! Such a great presence n delivery
facts not dogma If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
Mesmerising. Thank you so much Father. Some weighty theological, and philosophical, principles there made simple and palatable.
Indeed. A lot of Catholic teachings on this topic don't go much further than, "We're all oriented toward some things that are not good for us.", but that's where it stops. This talk addresses the pain, loneliness, and real world human experiences of people with this wound. Very important teachings here.
"Lord, Jesus Chtist, Son of the Father, in Union with the Holy Spirit, have mercy on me."
No one is alone if they are aware of the presence of their Creator. Being lonely...means there is something missing in your life...your Creator.
Truth is beautiful.
Some strange “truths” in this comment section, however. 😵💫
I alway love hearing Father Mike speak on this topic! Thank you so much Father Mike
Thank you Father Mike, well done. Not the same talk as before. Well done.
Your gratitude for your sisters' loneliness. Makes a difference. Tell her she makes a difference. She will maybe meet Mr. Right. But even if she doesn't, she is never alone. I really appreciate your talks, Father. I'm heterosexual and stayed celebrate for 15 years; even made private vows in The Holy Land with 4 priests. Now I'm engaged and dating a man. If it happens, it's on God's time, not ours. Thank you, Father.
“The way of love always passes through self-denial”. ❤️❤️ As a mother of 10 (adopted/biological) this is profoundly true statement and at the heart of what love really is...whether it’s love of self or love of another.
The church needs to stop talking about same sex attraction that way. It’s actually very fine to say gay and lesbian in church. It’s not an identity as the fact that I AM white and AM European. It’s not my identity but it’s part of me. Being gay is not an identity but it’s part of it. The thing is that saying you have same sex attraction minimizes the thing. You don’t just have SSA, it changes a lot of things in your life, not just the way you’re attracted to people. As the fact that I’m white, i might need some solar cream. Is it a brokenness ? Absolutely not. Saying you’re gay doesn’t make you less than an heterosexual. It’s doesn’t make you broken. God takes our brokenness to make them our strength. We go from glory to glory so even if you’re gay, God can make beautiful things through it !!! So please, stop just saying Same sex attraction, it’s not only attraction. It’s way beyond just attraction.
+ not all LGBT people suffer from being gay. You can’t compare it to people who were abused or molested or born blind or with injuries. It’s just different. We don’t have to look at it with pity as if it was unbearable.
Absolutely. There's a book by an evangelical named David Bennett called 'A War of Loves', detailing his conversion from an anti-theistic gay activist to someone who's found true happiness and fullness in celibacy for Christ. He makes this exact point towards the end. Its often an assumption of straight people that someone calling themselves 'gay' means they must be into a particularly licentious lifestyle, or have a political agenda, but its simply not true. In his experience (having been part of groups with agendas), straight churchfolk insisting on people like himself using the term 'same-sex attracted' often serves to make them feel more otherised by the church.
I think a lot of us, for the sake of those brothers and sisters in Christ (and indeed, our brothers and sisters He wants us to invite into the church) would do well to listen to such feedback and modify our language accordingly. If someone chooses to adopt the term gay, then use that term around them. If someone happens to prefer the term same sex attracted, use that around them. LGBT people (either those who have been hurt by churchfolk, or those who are trying to come into the Church from a secular background) already have enough potential stumbling blocks in their paths: lets all avoid adding to them
Yess totally agree very well said
If you were put on this Earth with brown hair, you cannot control it. It was a great example a friend offered to explain their orientation. You can’t control your heterosexuality or homosexuality because it is not a choice. (Ask a heterosexual!) The Catholic Church has placed way too much emphasis on sex. Considering priest and nuns are celibate, I don’t think they can offer constructive instruction when it comes to intimacy between two people regardless of orientation. Unitive is included in the Catholic definition of sex as well. That’s inclusive of anyone who loves another person. Don’t get me started on masterbation!
A very gifted priest .
Special prayers for him because , believe it , the enemy of our souls fiercely desires to destroy this priests holiness .
Priests are often lonely souls who are expected to be perfect. I always hear about how they serve a higher calling -- that it transcends a personal need for intimacy. But it is a difficult vocation and it can lead to major personal failings. Although I won't say I cannot make a general observation, I can see why some end up in scandals that end in big money payoffs from the Catholic Church. Let us not forget that priests are still human beings. With human needs.
Noe Berengena Actually you only need Christ in your life to make you whole. Each one of us has a calling. If we are in a situation that is not what God wants us to be, we will be lonely, unfulfilled, dissatisfied and broken. That is why we need to discern our calling before we jump into something just bcz it is what we want. Anyone who has a personal relationship with God will never be lonely. Trials or problems will come to you but if you are with Christ, there is always a way out. You will not be crushed. Jesus said, come to me all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. My yoke is easy and my burden light. Learn of me for I am meek and humble of heart. That is why in the midst of trials, we still have joy in our hearts all because of the grace of God.
@@MeritBiz That's very nice, but I have known more than a few priests who drank way too much or who got into trouble making inappropriate contact with minors. One of them was a family friend -- he shot himself in the head after his underage victim came forward. Another one was fired by his University after revelations about him molesting male students were reported. Being a priest is a lofty ambition, but it is one that can be fraught with great sexual temptations.
Noe Berengena There are good priests and bad priests. Priests are human beings, they are prone to fall into sin. They are the target of the devil bc the devil wants to destroy the Church. Temptations abound in the Church, that’s why we have a duty to pray and fast for the priests that they do not fall into temptation. Even Christ’s apostles have one bad apple while Christ was still with them. Judas was tempted to sell Jesus for 30 pcs of silver. Money and sex are lures used by the devil to tempt the servants of God. If a priest is not prayerful, doesn’t pray the rosary, doesn’t have the desire to immerse himself in the Blessed Sacrament, and doesn’t have the devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, chances are, this priest will easily fall into temptation. I am not talking of only the priests but also bishops, Cardinals, and even the Pope are targets of the devil. So let’s pray and fast for the good priests and pray for the conversion of the bad ones.
@@MeritBiz You are a good soul and I admire your dedication to your faith. As you point out... human nature being what it is, everyone encounters temptations in life and it is very helpful to be vigilant. I don't know what your life has been like but some of us have actually met people who are close to being demonic. They disguise themselves as nice people but they are tied to evil things. I narrowly escaped with my life from great danger when I was working in Los Angeles. I tell people that it was nothing short of Divine Intervention that I drove to Oakland and was saved from certain death.
Noe Berengena Evil indeed is real. God loves you personally and He definitely saved you from death. You may still have a mission in life to accomplish, ask God to reveal it to you. He is near to those who call upon him. The key to our Faith is our personal relationship with God. We develop this by spending more with the Lord in prayer, just like how we bond with friends and loved ones. If we have a personal relationship with God, He will reveal himself to us that nothing in this world can shake us. That’s why the Roman Catholic Church is the great vehicle to the Kingdom because the real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist can help us be intimate with God. Life is difficult but the grace of God makes it easier for us to handle any situation. That’s what’s wrong with the world now. People look outside for solution of our miseries when all we need to do is look inwardly to God in us bc He has all the answers, all the solutions. I highly recommend that you read a life of a great Saint a day or one a week. You will learn all of their struggles, but by the grace of God they remain joyful and hopeful amidst difficulties. I assure you that once you open up to God, He will fill you with His love and you too will experience the secrets of the saints. God bless🙏
Thank you Fr Mike for all your teachings!❤
You mean God’s teachings ❤
Getting Marry can not get you to scape from feeling Lonely .. Yes in deed despite of our sexual preferences we need Love ourselves and then we will be ready to let someone love us the way we are and love someone as well ... God Bless to all of us 🙏🏻♥️
People do not change from the outside in. We change from the inside out.Our job as believers is to LOVE one another and LOVE COVERS A MULTITUDE OF SIN. LOVE COVERS!!!!!!!!
One is a Whole number.
i hope no one ever accepts a teaching that an all loving god is forbidding them from loving who they love and being with them and doing with them whatever you both desire to do in the privacy of your own homes. You are valid, your feelings and partners and unions are valid, and a church that says otherwise isn't a church that should exist, and certainly not one that should claim to worship an all loving god.
the world is so accepting now. It's tragic that the catholic church is so embarassingly behind the times.
@@AL-sp2vq indeed, but thats what happens when you declare an iron age book to be the primary source of your morality
@@tobak952 If gay catholics still want to be religious why not go to an accepting church such as episcopal
@@AL-sp2vq I dont know much about the episcopal church, but accepting Christians have a problem because they still proclaim to follow a very nonaccepting (to put it extremely politely) holybook. Ofcourse being philosophically inconsistent is an infinitely smaller problem then being homofobic, but its a problem none the less. If gays really want to be religious I would therefor recommend nonabrahamic religions- but that's ofcourse up to them
@@tobak952 The episcopal church is almost the most liberal church in christianity. Is not literalist when it comes to the bible, performs gay marriages and has women priests. Although I don't identify as catholic anymore I appreciate that I had a very liberal priest growing up in my parish who would speak out against the church in his sermons on some issues, said gay marriage was ok when our state tried to ban it. He even compared our bishop to the pharisees.
@47:49 ...Fr. Mike : *There's things in life that you're going to have to deny* : I just told my ex despite how much I miss or "crave " him...." You are dangerous for me. I lost my child. My credit cards were racked up. I don't want to be homeless. Nor do I want to die " .....And my ex is responding right now saying *"I'm going to do it. You have no choice"* ......uhm....
My same sex partner is not bad for me like yours. We are in love with one another. I'm not going to deny myself real love and intimacy. BTW, when you say "ex" do you mean you're divorced?
@@gentlemanfox1326 This seems like it belongs on a different page.
Have trust in God, he will show you a way
truth If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
@@dan69052 There isn't a gay gene.
I want to say thank you for your love and soft words.
If gay people live a chaste life of loneliness doesn’t that mean a bunch of gay people just live lonely lives they could have been living together? Other LGBT issues aside, what’s the difference in society if these people live together in a monogamous union rather than living alone.
I see what you mean but the point is to put everything below God. All marriages, family members, relationships are to take lesser importance to God. Chastity is asked of everyone whether single or married or being in a holy vocation. All sexual sins are to be avoided like masturbation, pornography, immoderate behavior, lusting after others and this applies to straight people as well. I am a single straight woman serving the church and a lot of people in our ministry are single and in their 30s or older. Some have homosexual desires too but as a group we try to remain as chaste as we can but I don't think we are a sad or lonely bunch. People equate being single with being lonely and think loneliness is like a lifetime's worth of despair or unfulfillment. I am lonely sometimes but it comes and goes like every other emotion. I see many people who live more unhappy and lonely lives being married even. I've also met nuns who are just so peaceful and joyous even if the pang of wanting motherhood looms above them sometimes. They find joy in suffering and they just have this peace that no problem can take away.
Hey, @KinkyCaptionCrafter! I'm gonna answer from a perfectly non-believer point of view, though I'm interested in religious thinking.
You don't need marriage to live a life without loneliness (and married people are often lonely, as a matter of fact); you just need love, closeness, touch, consideration from people you meet on a daily basis. Family in that matter is definitely a plus but sometimes you might not even have that foundation.
Being gay and not following the monogamous relationship model that comes from the various monotheisms really is less a matter of lifestyle choice than a cultural way of living. Bear in mind that the gays are ostracized since their early youths. They do not grow up by a book or by any standard moral code. They are the craftsmen of their own lives; they always have been. The world is of no support to them, I tell you that by experience. The Bible, in that regard, is a true enemy.
But, growing up, you manage to live in your society by your own moral standards. Sometimes, they're still close to what you, @KinkyCaptionCrafter yourself, experience (the idea of "chastity", or fidelity, monogamous relationship; but sometimes, it's quite different though the foundation is exactly the same one: "I'm in love with my man, but I can fuck whoever I want; in any case, I'm still faithful to the person I love, no matter what" -- that's what I experience in my daily life).
Your question about society shouldn't have any kind of importance to any of us. We're just men and women, sometimes "sinners" if you go by the book. I mean, "sin" and "fault"... you don't know anyone telling you when you do one. We do know when we commit one. We don't need anyone to tell us about them; it's how we identify them, and it's how we know we were at fault. Texts do not tell us anything about that, they just tell us what people felt about what we just did at the time they wrote the texts. I guess you understand the problem around very old religious texts then.
So, the idea is not to live "chaste" lives, I think (from a non-believer point of view) but to live good lives, lives that are good and true to the ones who will follow us. We can't be examples but maybe our lives will somehow be exemplary, to some extent, to the ones after us. That's what gathers believers and non-believers, I BELIEVE : the will to leave something better after our own time.
So, stay out of idle lullabies but be good to everyone, including the people you think you might not like because of the texts of your faith. Jesus, as he said, did not come to preach for the ones who shall be saved; but to the ones he didn't think would be saved.
Not necessarily. There are other ways to get out of lonliness than a sexual relationship. Often it's enough that you have good friends and a loving family. Same sex attraction isn't a sentence to be lonely and bitter. If anyone too experiences this: Cultivate friendships and familiar bonds, you don't have to stay completely alone just because you struggle with same sex attraction. These other, 'pure' relationships might even help you a lot with your struggly. If I was completely lonely, I might have already given in. But my family and friends give me the strength to go on.
This is exactly where religious views on sex seem so antiquated. Isn't consensual pleasure an important part of the "for-ness" of the sexual impulse? Pleasure, just like procreation and bonding, is a part of sex's inherent nature, its "is-ness," to use Fr. Mike Schmitz's terms. Of course, consensual sex for pleasure can be taken to unhealthy extremes (and often is in our modern culture), but when it's used in moderation with a partner, it seems to me like the "is-ness" of sex isn't being violated, but actually honored. And to stay consistent with Fr. Mike Schmitz's analogy, enjoying the pleasurable aspects of sex or masturbation is not the same as using a chair as a cutting board or a place to chop wood.
One note: I do think modern pornography, especially when violent or abusive, is a distortion of sexual pleasure. And it almost goes without saying, but of course, any sexual act that is not fully consensual is also a serious distortion of sexual pleasure. So it is necessary for us humans to have boundaries around sexual pleasure, but being overly boundary-ed (word?) and restrictive about the sexual impulse can also lead to egregious sexual behavior that is often hidden away.
We still have so much to learn as a species about how to engage in a healthy way with our individual sexuality.
Thank you Father Mike.
I have struggled to breach this subject for quite some time with one of my friends, but never had any real questions to go an make him think about it.
But, now i have. I can talk to him about this. Through Christ who gives me the courage and the knowledge.
Keep on teaching!
...i love my gbf but thanks to father mike i can ask him why he chooses to be a sinner😍
facts not dogma If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
Great presentation.
When Christ instructed us to love our neighbor and to love our enemy His instructions indicated no male/female limitation. Love is not sex but above it. Love is an unconditional focus on the good of the other. Extramarital sex is rarely this.
I love my father and a few mail friends - No sex required.
facts not dogma If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
@@dan69052 nope this is Satan. Lie. It is a deadly sin. God wiped the world because of it.and also Sodom and Gomorrah! Watch out, to be lead to hell by fake messenger.
Mail friends? Do they all work for the USPS? I am gay. I had a crush on a straight friend in college. I chose to love him selflessly. What makes you think gay people are so stupid or deprave that they don't already know this? My father hated me for being gay. He hated all gay men, and he was obsessed with the subject. He was the Christian example in my life. He kept that up until he died seven years ago.
@@purityballs7446 That sounds horrible, I'm so sorry you went you through that yikes
@@anonyme3123 We don't even know if Sodom and Gomorrah were real cities. And even if they were, Ezekiel 16:49 tells us that their sin was radical inhospitality, a callous disregard for their neighbor, kind of like what you're doing right now.
One doesn't choose one's sexuality, and celibacy is something one freely chooses, it cannot be an option of you either put on a chastity belt (even on your thoughts) or commit a mortal sin... Just use your brains and be reasonable!
facts not fiction If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
Thank-you Father Mike I agree totally with you we are all called to love each other we all have struggles thank you for helping me god bless
truth If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
I think spiritual institutions should put more energy into encouraging people to love others as well as themselves, rather than press-ganging them.
set yourself free If you are gay or know someone who is, this is important information! Sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetus development. Various hormones are introduced at specific times to accomplish this .The fetus plays no part in this process. A person is, therefore, born with a predetermined attraction. It is, therefore, not a choice & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural expression of our species & found commonplace in nature. Intelligent research in this area clearly explains this process. If you are truly interested in truth, based on knowledge, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay shows this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for yourself & others, that you are entitled to, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & must defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace
Dear brother in Christ. , thank you.
God loves us but not the sin, He is a Righteous God.
"Love the Cretin. Hate the Creed." is my motto.
I decided one day to make a MAGIC choice to go with the "GAY LIFESTYLE"! 🤣 And met my husband in Catholic Gay Conversion Therapy Class.🤣. And they lived happily ever after. AMEN 🙏 Praise the Lord. 🏳️🌈🌈🏳️🌈🌈🏳️🌈🌈🏳️🌈👍
That was not of the lord, so you shouldn't thank him for it. Actually it's nothing to be thankful for, you wanted to be restored which is great, but in this moment of vulnerability, the enemy set up a trap and made you fall. That's how he works. Call upon the Lord, search a good community, go to counselling etc., so you can be set free again. It's never too late.
@m.f.5739 You mean we're supposed to be just like you, or go to hell. And you wonder why we now have our own community. And EQUAL RIGHTS denied for 2,000 years because of religion. And all the WARS religion causes. You should start by questioning yourself instead of others.
@@m.f.5739You mean we're supposed to be just like you, or go to hell. And you wonder why we now have our own community. And EQUAL RIGHTS denied for 2,000 years because of religion. And all the WARS religion causes. You should start by questioning yourself instead of others.
@m.f.5739 U mean so everyone can be just like u. Or go to he'LL. Justifying discrimination is catholic FUN!
@m.f.5739 @m.f.5739 U mean so everyone can be just like u. Or go to he'LL. Justifying discrimination is catholic FUN!
Brilliant explanation! Thank you so much 😊
I liked this talk a lot more than his other talks about this subject
Thank you Father Mike.
You will be rewarded by Jesus Christ beyond your wildest dreams for helping us, Thank You
Listen.
I'm gay.
I grew up in the church.
I had to leave.
Because the slow drip self reproach is corrosive and corrupting to the soul. And the apologists who overlook what it means to be sexually attracted to members of your own sex and what it means to be taught your capacity to feel and express romantic love constructively for another human being, is somehow wrong or ineffective, are deaf to their own tonelessness.
The truth seems to be beyond them.